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by Tacitus; Kenneth Wellesley (Translator); Introduction by Kenneth Wellesley


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In AD 68, Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, with four emperors--Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian--emerging in succession. Based on authoritative sources, The Histories vividly recounts the details of the "long but single year" of revolution that brought the Roman empire to the brink of collapse. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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I shall begin my work with the year in which Servius Galba and Titus Vinius were consuls, the former for the second time.

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  • Title The Histories
  • Author Tacitus; Kenneth Wellesley (Translator); Introduction by Kenneth Wellesley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date June 16, 1998
  • ISBN 9780140441505 / 0140441506
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.88 x 5.08 x 0.68 in (20.02 x 12.90 x 1.73 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 1350
  • Library of Congress subjects Rome - History - Flavians, 69-96
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 73155684
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937.07

About the author

Tacitus studied rhetoric in Rome and rose to eminence as a pleader at the Roman Bar. In 77 he married the daughter of Agricola, conqueror of Britain, of whom he later wrote a biography. His works include the Germania and the Historiae.
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